Health trainers for people on community supervisio

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Mental wellbeing; Mental and Behavioural Disorders

• Registration Number: ISRCTN80475744
• Lead Sponsor: Plymouth University

Brief Summary

2018 protocol in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29866736 (added 24/10/2019) 2019 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31869017/ (added 05/03/2021)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-08-24
• Study Completion: 2017-12-31
• Last Update Posted: 15 March 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 120

Inclusion Criteria

1. Males & Females
2. 18 years or older
3. Receiving Community Supervision
4. For prison releases: in the community for at least 2 months
5. Minimum of 7 months of community sentence to serve
6. Willing & able to: receive support in one or more target health behaviours (alcohol reduction; smoking reduction; increased physical activity; improved diet) and/or improve wellbeing
7. Willing and able to: take part in a randomised controlled trial with follow-up at 3 and 6 months
8. Residing within the geographical areas of the study

Exclusion Criteria

1. Present a serious risk of harm to the researchers or Health Trainers
2. Unable to provide informed consent
3. Those with disrupted lives who may find it difficult from the outset to engage in the intervention.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Acceptability and feasibility outcomes:<br> 1. Eligibility rate, measured by reviewing patient notes (baseline)<br> 2. Recruitment rate, measured by reviewing patient notes (baseline)<br> 3. Attrition and loss to follow-up, measured by reviewing patient notes (baseline, 3- and 6-month follow ups)<br> 4. Completion and completeness of data collection, measured by reviewing patient questionnaires (baseline, 3- and 6-month follow ups)<br> 5. Estimates of the distribution of outcome measures, measured by reviewing patient questionnaires (baseline, 3- and 6-month follow ups)<br> 6. Acceptability of intervention to participants, measured by patient interviews and reviewing patient notes (baseline, 3- and 6-month follow ups)<br> 7. Acceptability of study participation to participants, measured by patient interviews and reviewing patient notes (baseline, 3- and 6-month follow ups)<br>